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(painting) A ground prepared for a picture, chiefly with distemper or watercolours, by which the oil is absorbed and a brilliancy is imparted to the colours.
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A painting executed using such a paint.
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(art, uncountable) A genre of modern art in which the paint is dribbled, splashed or poured onto the canvas to obtain a spontaneous and totally abstract image.
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To paint using an airbrush.
n
One who uses an airbrush.
adv
(art) Onto fresh plaster that is still moist.
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(art, countable) An individual painting in this style.
n
(painting) A pattern of cracking of paint on a surface leaving roughly hexagonal areas of uncracked paint.
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One who prepares etchings or engravings using aqua fortis. [from 19th c.]
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A watercolour (painting)
v
(transitive) To paint; to cover or color with, or as with, paint.
n
The application of tattoos, piercings or jewellery to the body.
n
Deliberate physical alteration of the human body for aesthetic purposes, such as tattooing and piercing.
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(countable) A body painted this way and viewed of as a work of art.
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Alternative spelling of body painting [(uncountable) The application of paint to the body as a form of body art.]
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(painting) An artist's brush used in acrylic and oil painting with a long ferrule and a flat, somewhat tapering bristle head.
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(art) An artwork or study executed in this style.
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(informal) A male painter.
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(painting) A visible mark on a painted surface left by the bristles of a paintbrush.
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(painting) The technique or practice of applying and manipulating paint (usually oil or gouache) in a painting.
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A painting, or a picture on canvas.
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(uncountable) The activity of applying pigments to the interior surfaces of caves to create images, especially when carried out in prehistoric times.
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Alternative form of cave painting [(uncountable) The activity of applying pigments to the interior surfaces of caves to create images, especially when carried out in prehistoric times.]
n
Obsolete form of cierge. [A wax candle used in religious rites.]
n
(archaic) The art of modelling in wax.
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(painting) An artistic technique developed during the Renaissance, referring to the use of strong contrasts between light and dark in order to create the illusion of volume.
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(usually used attributively) A simple drawing exercise, intended especially for children, consisting of a line drawing that divides the artwork into distinct spaces, the intended color of each indicated by a number and referenced from a key.
n
(American spelling) A maker of paints or dyes; a colorman.
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(art) A style of abstract painting characterised by large, flat surfaces of solid colour
n
A man who sells (and, formerly, prepares) an artist's paints.
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(art) A drawing medium, usually square in cross-section, composed of compressed powdered charcoal or graphite mixed with a clay or wax base.
n
Alternative form of corpsepaint [A style of black-and-white makeup used primarily by black metal musicians and fans, intended to make the wearer appear inhuman, corpselike, or demonic.]
n
A style of black-and-white makeup used primarily by black metal musicians and fans, intended to make the wearer appear inhuman, corpselike, or demonic.
n
A drawing done in crayon.
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The process of transferring decorative designs onto surfaces using decals.
adj
(obsolete) Painted, depicted.
n
(obsolete) One who depaints.
n
The art of imitating stained glass with translucent paper.
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(countable) A painting produced with this kind of paint.
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One who paints with distemper.
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(countable) A particular painting done in this style.
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(uncountable) A form of abstract art in which paint is dripped or poured onto the canvas.
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(painting) A painting technique that involves stroking lightly with a minimally loaded brush to create a textured look.
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(painting) A form of brushwork that involves stroking lightly with a minimally loaded brush to create a textured look.
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A brand of architectural paint.
n
Any paint consisting of an emulsion of oil etc in water.
adj
Painted with emulsion paint.
adv
(painting) in the open air, alfresco, outside, outdoors
n
a painting produced using this paint
n
The application of decorative paint to the face.
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Paint used to decorate people's faces.
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A specialist in facial care
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(art) An artist working in the style of field painting.
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(art) The style of modernist abstract painting that employs color fields.
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A painting made using this technique.
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Alternative spelling of finger paint [To paint using fingerpaint.]
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A painting made with fingerpaint.
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(countable) A type of paint that dries with a flat (matt) finish; a coating of such paint.
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A technique for painting furniture with flicked drops of paint.
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Accumulated, baked automotive paint.
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A pedicure in which ends of the nails are painted white.
n
(art) An approach to painting that focuses on the physical brushwork, textures, etc.
adj
(of pages of a book etc) Having gilded edges.
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(countable) A picture produced by this means.
n
(painting, countable) A painting made with this paint.
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(art) A technique popularized by Max Ernst involving scraping at dried paint in order to form patterns.
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A mixture of grease and colouring matter used as theatrical makeup
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(art) In painting, a method of working which employs only varying values of gray to create form. Often a preliminary step in a fully colored painting.
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Alternative spelling of gouache [(painting) A thick, opaque watercolour paint made with gum containing an inert white pigment to make it opaque.]
adj
Painted by hand, not mechanically
n
(art) A style of painting having abrupt transitions between areas of (often plain) color.
v
(transitive) To dye or tattoo with henna.
n
A professional painter of houses
n
The painting of houses, the trade of a housepainter.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To paint; to adorn with colours.
v
(art) To lay colours thickly on canvas by the impasto technique.
v
(painting) to paint in thick-bodied paint; to paint in impasto style
n
(painting) The first coat of colour, such as the priming in house-painting etc.
v
(transitive) to fill in or write in using a pen
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Obsolete spelling of ink [A pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc.]
n
A person or an algorithm that performs inpainting.
n
A portion of an image created by this technique.
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The final, very thin layer of plaster on which a fresco is painted.
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An artist who paints landscapes.
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Paint that uses a synthetic polymer as a binder.
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(countable) A painting created using one of these techniques.
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A method of casting a sculpture in which a model of the sculpture is made from wax; the model is used to make a mould; when the mould has set, the wax is made to melt and is poured away, leaving the mould ready to be used to cast the sculpture.
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A technique for affixing a painted canvas to a wall to be used as a mural, using an adhesive that hardens as it dries, such as plaster or cement.
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(art, uncountable) A 1950s art style using impasto paint with everyday materials such as mud or shells added to it.
n
A liquid base which carries pigment in paint.
v
(transitive) to create from a substance such as clay
n
An artist who paints murals.
adj
Decorated with a mural.
n
(uncountable) The art of painting with oil paints.
n
A thixotropic gel, composed of silica in linseed oil, used in oil painting
v
(transitive) To paint more or better than; to surpass in painting.
v
(art) To apply an additional layer of colour to graining, or imitation woodgrain.
n
Something painted over the top of something else.
n
Group painting lessons accompanied by wine or other beverages.
v
(figuratively) To perform something in the simplest way
n
The act, or the result of painting or repainting something
n
An event where artists congregate in an outdoor scenic area for the purpose of completing realistic paintings from life.
v
To engage in tape painting; to engage in wash trades.
v
Alternative form of paint the town red [(idiomatic) To party or celebrate in a rowdy, wild manner, especially in a public place.]
n
A solvent used to thin oil-based paints or clean up after their use.
adj
(of a picture) Made from a painting by numbers kit.
n
A thin brush for applying paint.
n
(US, architecture) A Victorian house repainted with vibrant colors to accentuate the architectural design, especially in San Francisco, California.
adj
Applied through paint or in a manner reminiscent of covering a surface with paint, such as applying too much makeup.
n
An artist who paints pictures.
n
One who paints coats of arms, etc.
n
Alternative form of paintress [(archaic) a female painter]
adj
Characteristic of a painter, or of painted artworks.
adj
painterly; characteristic of a painter or paintings
adj
Characteristic of a painter or paintings.
adj
(informal) Resembling or characteristic of a painter; artistic.
n
(countable) An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint.
n
A recreation in which a board containing a picture to be painted is made up of numbered areas, each number corresponding to a colour of paint to be applied.
n
Synonym of tape painting
n
Alternative form of paint job [The act, or the result of painting or repainting something]
n
An instance of painting over the top of something, such as an existing artwork or a graffiti tag.
n
(obsolete) The art of painting.
n
The painted surface of a car, building, etc.
adj
(of a painting) Having too much paint.
n
(painting) A thin board on which a painter lays and mixes colours.
n
(art) A palette that is positioned close to, and parallel with, the surface being painted
n
(obsolete) Paint, especially for the face.
n
(art) A drawing made with any of those colors.
adj
(informal) Resembling or characteristic of art done in pastels.
n
(sculpture) The application of a patina.
v
Obsolete form of paint. [(transitive) To apply paint to.]
n
Alternative spelling of pencilling [A sketch or mark made in pencil.]
n
A large photograph (or series of photographs) used as a wall decoration.
adj
Alternative form of plein air [(painting) done outdoors]
n
(art) The practice of painting outdoors, in the open.
n
In art, the use of small areas of color to construct an image.
n
(attributive) A style of painting, popular in England in the 19th century, in which a thick opaque colour is applied, with no background and minimal shading, to thin paper, producing flowers, birds, etc., in imitation of Oriental work.
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A tempera paint, often with a type of gum-water or glue size as its binder, and sometimes supplied in powdered form.
n
(art) A painting technique which uses a series of fast brushstrokes to create the impression of faces and objects, rather than working out their details
n
Alternative form of sandpainting [(uncountable) The art of pouring coloured sands and pigments onto a surface to make a temporary or permanent picture.]
n
(uncountable) The art of pouring coloured sands and pigments onto a surface to make a temporary or permanent picture.
n
A man who crafts santos (religious statues).
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The technique of applying paint in splotches with a feather duster, flogger, or similar tool, used for theatrical backdrops etc.
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A person who sculpts; an artist who produces sculpture.
n
(art) A work painted on dry plaster, as distinguished from a fresco.
n
In painting, the application of subtle layers of translucent paint so that there is no visible transition between colors, tones and often objects.
n
A style of sunglasses which have frames containing horizontal slats as opposed to tinted lenses.
n
Someone who paints signs
n
(Internet) An accelerated screen recording showing the creation of a digital drawing.
n
An artist who works in stucco.
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A painter with little or no experience or training.
n
(art) A painting in lighter enamel over a darker one that serves as the ground.
n
The practice by one or more traders of buying and selling the same financial instruments in order to create artificial market activity, making the instruments appear in demand; wash trading.
n
(dated) tattoos; patterns or artwork inked into the skin
n
The act of marking the skin with a tattoo
n
(countable) A painting done in this medium.
n
A variety of tempera painting technique in which oil is added to the egg yolk-pigment mixture.
v
To create or apply a texture.
v
(transitive and intransitive, painting) To use a particular brush technique for producing a flawless surface on a wet coat of paint.
n
(countable) A painting of this kind.
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A colour used as a base and then coloured over, as in watercolour painting.
n
(art) A painting that the artist later painted over to create the final work.
n
(painting) A type of still life painting, symbolic of mortality, characteristic of Dutch painting of the 16th and 17th centuries.
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(rare) An artist who uses stained glass as a medium.
n
an work of art created directly on a wall, ceiling, etc
n
Alternative form of wall-painting [an work of art created directly on a wall, ceiling, etc]
n
(informal) Cosmetics, makeup.
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Alternative spelling of war paint [Pigments ritually applied to the face and/or body (originally and still especially of a Native American warrior) prior to going into a battle.]
n
Alternative spelling of war paint [Pigments ritually applied to the face and/or body (originally and still especially of a Native American warrior) prior to going into a battle.]
n
(art) A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.
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The practice of painting in watercolors.
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(art) The practice of painting in watercolours.
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(uncountable, art) A style of painting executed in distemper or size, on canvas or a wall, intended to resemble a tapestry; (countable) such a painting.
n
An artist who makes waxworks.
n
(art) A palette having a layer of absorbent material that allows the paint to remain hydrated for an extended period of time.
adj
A painting technique, used mostly in oil painting, in which layers of wet paint are applied to previous layers of wet paint.
n
Alternative spelling of whore's paint [(vulgar, derogatory) Excessive, gaudy, or tasteless makeup.]
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